Railway-signal.



`PA'IENIED MAY 22, 1906.

J. P. NoRwooD;

RAILWAY SIGNAL. APPLICATION FILED JNE 23, 1905.

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lowing the motor U to rotate the shaft V, and thus the gear-Wheel T Will Vcontinue to be revolved as long as the magnet l isl energized; but the short contact-strips H are oi such a length that even with the slowest* movingltrain the shoe G would not remain upon t e contact long enough to cause the Wheel T to revolve one-quarteno-a revolt?v tion; butvwhen'theshoe G strikes the elongated contacts H the gear-Wheel T will be revolved considerably more than a quarterrevolution, thus causing the arm T to actuate the spring S, and thus cause the dial Q to be perforated, thus indicating the time of the arrival of the train at that particular sta* tion. Thus it will be seen that l have provided an electrical system whereby the officials of the-road, both at the stations, terminals, and on the moving trains, will be iu stantly informed of the locations of all of the trains, and the registers/Will record the time of arrival at any station of any train.

Of course any suitable registering mechanism could be employed which would accomplish the object Which I desire, and l. do not wish to be limited to this particular mecham ism for the registering as herein described, as I am erfectly aware that l have shown it in a cru e form, and it could be changed materially Without departing from. the spirit of the invention, and other `features could be added to the register, sc desired, to make a permanent record of all trains at diferent times. Therefore l do not Wish to be limited. to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made Without de` arting from the spirit of my invention.

`laifing thus fully described my invention,

l, In a railway-signal, electrically-open ated registers located in eachV train and in certainstations along the road, two auxiliary rails arrangedupon yeach side4 of the road-bed, half of the registers in each train and stationbeing connected in series with one pair of auxiliary rails and the other half being connected in series with the other pair of auxiliary rails, ,a source of electricity carried by eac'li train, a traveling contact electrically connected to oneterm'inal of the source ofelectricity adapted to travel in constant contactwith one auxiliaryrail of Aone pair, contacts electrically connected to the other rail of the same pair, a traveling contact electrically 'connected to the other source of electricity adapted to strike said permanent contacts when in alinement with the same and thus operate the registers.

ln a railway-signal, electrieally-operated registers located in each train and in certain stations along the road and at the terminals, each oi said registers provided with an indicator adapted to be moved one step each time the current flows through the register, tWo pairs of auxiliary rails entendH ing parallel with. 'the road insulated Yfrom 'the road-bed and from one another, permanent contact-strips electrically connected to one of the auxiliary rails in each pair and arranged equal distance apart, asource el electricity carried by each train, two traveling Mcontacts connected in series with source of electricity, one traveling .contact adapted to travel so as to contact the permanent cen-- tacts when in alinement with the same, the' other traveling contact traveling in constant contact with the other auxiliary rail ci the same pair, said traveling contacts so ar ranged that they will contact one pair ci auxiliary rails when the train is traveling in one direction and the other pair when the train is traveling in the opposite direction, half of all the registers being connected in series With one pair of auxiliary rails and the other half connected in series with the other pair of auxiliary rails, the permanent contact-strips located at the regular stations being longer than the other permanent contact-strips so that'the current will bccaused `to iioW a greater length. of time when these' Astrips are reached, means located in each of the character described, an electricallyoperated register consisting ol' an indicator, a movable member connected with said in dicator, a magnet adapted to move said in dicator one step when the 'same is energized, a timepiece located in. the register, a ref movable dial connected with said timepiece and adapted to revolve a periorator ar ranged above the dial, a spring-motor ar ranged Within the register, means connected with said. spring-motor adapted to operate the perllorator so as to cause the same per'M iorate the dial, and means adapted to prevent `the spring-motor actuating the perfovrater only when the magnet remains enerju gized a predetermined length ci time, and for 'the purpose specified.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto aitm fixed my signature in the presence et' two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES P. NURW.

Witnesses:

WM, A. 'Rowman FRANK C. TnoMiis.

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